Startups Program Lead in Chicago

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe’s Commercial team sits within Stripe’s Americas Sales organization and is responsible for acquisition, expansion, and growth of mid market accounts in North America. This team sells the entire suite of Stripe products and owns the full customer lifecycle. What you’ll do As a Sales Manager, Commercial - Grower you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth through defining the sales motion and GTM processes needed to grow and expand Stripe product adoption with existing mid market customers. In this role, you will build the foundation and define the GTM motion for a new team. You will hire and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives, helping them to develop their skills and deliver on their ambitious targets, as well as roll your sleeves up to work directly with customers. We are looking for a proactive leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, managing high-performing teams and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team and possess first-class analytical, communication and relationship-building skills. Responsibilities Recruit, develop and lead a team of Account Executives who focus on mid market businesses Be accountable for driving product attach, increase share of wallet to deliver revenue at high rates of growth Work wi

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Our users are the heart of our business. Stripe’s Global Customer Success Team is responsible for managing our largest and most strategic relationships, such as Doordash, Lyft, and Shopify. In this manager role you’ll be responsible for a high-performing team of Customer Success Managers. You’ll lead and coach the team, helping them deliver on ambitious targets, roll up your sleeves to work directly with executives at existing enterprise Stripe customers and partner cross functionally to help users execute their business priorities. We are looking for a hands-on, visionary leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology Customer Success team, superior communication skills, and a track record for building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and understanding unique customer needs. What you’ll do We are seeking a Manager to lead a team of high-performing Customer Success Managers to build and grow the relationships with our most complex users. You will: Recruit, develop, and lead a team of Customer Success Managers supporting strategic, relationship-based accounts. Help drive an engagement model focused on building durable user relationships, increasing adoption, delivering value Develop both the vision and strategy for the team, driving

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe’s Commercial team sits within Stripe’s Americas Sales organization and is responsible for acquisition, expansion, and growth of mid market accounts in North America. This team sells the entire suite of Stripe products and owns the full customer lifecycle. What you’ll do As a Sales Manager, Commercial (Hunter), you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth through defining the sales motion and GTM processes needed to acquire, grow and expand mid market accounts. In this role, you will build the foundation of a new team and GTM motion at Stripe. You will hire and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives, helping them to develop their skills and deliver on their ambitious targets, as well as roll your sleeves up to work directly with customers. We are looking for a proactive leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, managing high-performing teams and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team and possess first-class analytical, communication and relationship-building skills. Responsibilities Recruit, develop and lead a team of Account Executives who focus on mid market businesses Work with senior leadership to develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team, and manage day-to-day operations with a focus on performance against key sales and growt

Who We Are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About The Team The Platforms Solutions Architecture Team partners with our users to realize their full potential through the adoption of prescriptive solutions that drive their growth and success. We work with C-level executives, finance leaders, product design and engineering teams at global brands and platforms who are building financial services solutions with Stripe. Our SA team works closely with Account Executives, Professional Services, Customer Success Managers, Partners, Technical Account Managers and Product Teams to develop and execute on the account strategy for SaaS Platforms of all shapes (Vertical/Horizontal) and sizes (Velocity/Enterprise). We also work with the world's most innovative startups users to position our offerings and solutions for their use cases. At Stripe, managers grow teams and inspire them to do outstanding work. This leader must be a driver who loves building teams and growing businesses. This role requires great interpersonal skills to work cross functionally, as a trusted advisor to both our sales, partner and professional services teams, as well as, with our product development and marketing teams. As a manager/leader of Solution Architecture for our existing business, you will lead, build, and mentor a world class pre-sales engineering team to grow the existing user base through upsells, cross-sells, and cosells. You will drive collaboration from cross-functional teams to influence and unify stakeholders at all

Who we are About Stripe Stripe, LLC. is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. What you’ll do Responsibilities Leading post-sale engagement, retention, and growth of customers in close collaboration with the Account Executive; Supporting account expansion by identifying opportunities, driving business outcomes, and ensuring customers achieve success, working closely with the account team; Cultivating relationships with senior executives in various departments, such as business, product, engineering, finance, and IT, in partnership with the Account Executive and team; Evangelizing Stripe's customer success stories, as well as its systems and processes; Articulating and driving customer use cases, value, and expansion while maintaining a trusted advisor status; Serving as a knowledgeable payments and commerce advisor, educating customers on the benefits of our products and industry. Who you are Minimum requirements Requires 8 years of experience in a client-facing role, managing relationships with large, global organizations. Position also requires the following: 8 years of experience executing customer facing activities to drive value and ROI from Billing and payments technical products; 8 years of experience collaborating with internal teams to create optimization plans that align with ROI opportunities, providing in depth analysis and suggestions for the user; 8 years of experience monitoring and managing client’s technical experience and engagement experience, proactively monitoring performance metrics a

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe’s Alliances and Channels (A&C) team supports platform partners that embed Stripe technology in their solutions. As a Channel Sales Executive (CSE), you will help build demand and create growth opportunities across Stripe’s partner ecosystem. What you’ll do You will drive business growth across a portfolio of software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms. You will identify high-value opportunities, develop demand with platform partners, and build new business within the partner ecosystem. Working closely with Partner Development Managers and Stripe Account Executives, you will drive growth in new users and revenue across your portfolio. You will help Stripe and its partners establish joint value propositions, identify shared account opportunities, and move opportunities through the deal cycle. Responsibilities Drive joint go-to-market and co-selling initiatives with a designated portfolio of SaaS platforms Collaborate with platform counterparts to generate net-new demand for partnerships Enable Stripe and partner sales teams on the joint value proposition, and lead account-mapping workshops Develop and execute sales strategies to expand Stripe revenue with strategic platforms Support the full deal cycle with partners, from sourcing pipeline and advancing opportunities through closing Advocate for partners within Stripe, and represent Stripe within partner organizations Maintain accurate sales and partner activity records in Salesfor

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. What you’ll do As an Account Executive, Existing Business, you’ll be managing existing relationships and identifying new opportunities to expand Stripe’s footprint within existing accounts. Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can execute on long-term sales strategies, engage with internal and external stakeholders, align on technical and business requirements with product teams, build value in competitive situations, lead commercial negotiations, and close deals. Responsibilities Work with existing Stripe customers to develop and execute long-term sales strategies to expand Stripe’s revenue Own the full sales cycle, from business case development, to deal structuring and negotiating, to close Develop account plans and cross sell into your list of strategic customers, driving growth through expansion and new revenue streams Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations for large, complex renewals Develop relationships with executive stakeholders within your book of business, deeply understanding problems they are solving and helping drive to solutions Be responsible for account mapping and coordinating effective meetings with the appropriate external stakeholders expanding the customer relationship Lead and contribute to team projects to develop and refine our sales process and help shape the Stripe sales culture Who you are We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirem

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Global Payments Performance (GPPT) team, which falls under the Customer Success organization, is a dedicated team of payment experts that help users optimize their payment and product setup with Stripe. The team provides direct User engagement to our most strategic Users as well as a variety of resources that support account teams (self-guided payment optimization workshops, optimization playbooks, data & insights). The Customer Success Strategy & Operations team sits at the center of how Customer Success operates at Stripe. As GPPT scales, dedicated S&O support is required to both shape the function’s day-to-day operating model—from operating forums, capacity management and metric design— to the systems and cadences that enable execution of the team's long term vision. You will lead annual planning, OKR development, and engagement-model design to ensure GPPT is positioned to deliver for users and scale effectively. This is a high-impact Business Partner and Builder role at the heart of GPPT and Customer Success. As a trusted thought partner to senior leadership, you’ll combine strategic insight, operational excellence, and hands-on execution to turn ambitious priorities into meaningful results. You’ll lead critical cross-functional initiatives and build the operating mechanisms that help teams make smarter decisions, execute with consistency, scale effectively, and deliver measurable value. Given the cross functio

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Recruiting team builds Stripe’s culture by connecting exceptional talent with our highest-impact business needs. We bring Stripe’s operating principles to life through thoughtful, consistent hiring practices, a high-quality candidate experience, and data-informed partnership with the business. What you’ll do Stripe is looking for a consultative, creative recruiter to support critical Core Business functions. You will partner with senior leaders who shape Stripe’s financial strategy, external narrative, long-term growth, and company-wide decision-making. This is a high-impact portfolio with varied talent markets, senior stakeholders, and roles where the quality of each hire can influence how Stripe operates and grows. You will own full-cycle recruiting, advise leaders on hiring strategy and market conditions, and build trusted relationships with candidates and hiring teams. Responsibilities Partner with senior leaders to understand business priorities, define hiring plans, and develop recruiting strategies that support headcount goals. Own the full recruiting lifecycle, from intake and sourcing through offer acceptance and onboarding handoff. Advise hiring teams on talent-market conditions, candidate availability, competitive dynamics, and hiring approaches for specialized and senior roles. Develop and execute sourcing strategies that build broad, qualified candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs. Build strong candidat

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Global GTM Operations team is responsible for overall productivity and effectiveness of the sales organization, partnering closely with the sales team and teams across Stripe to drive initiatives. Within the Sales Strategy and Operations team, the Global Product Sales Strategy and Operations team is aligned to each of Stripe’s Product Pillars (Revenue Suite, Money Management and Payments) and are heavily focused on partnering with both GTM and Product to drive the rhythm of business, strategic initiatives, bi-annual planning and execution. We advance the sales policies, processes and tools to drive revenue and growth. Within Stripe, the goal of the Product sellers is to help users understand Stripe’s specialised offerings and recommend the right Stripe solutions and implementation path. This is an incredible opportunity that plays an integral role in shaping and executing GTM strategies with Sales leaders. You will partner with senior Sales leadership and the broader Sales team to drive the overall productivity and effectiveness of the mid market segment. Responsibilities include go-to-market design, resource planning, quota setting and management, sales process optimization and business analytics. You will also partner with key cross-functional stakeholders, including Finance & Strategy, Functional Sales Operations, Global Systems & Processes, and the Strategy Planning and Insights team to streamline and optimize our

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Account Executive, SMB Grower team is a highly consultative sales team that is responsible for the growth and retention of Stripe’s largest and fastest growing SMB customers. As an Account Executive, SMB Grower team member, you’ll identify new opportunities for our clients to get the most out of Stripe by quickly understanding our clients’ needs, execute scaled sales strategies to close upsell and renewals with existing Stripe customers, and drive end-to-end campaigns to increase adoption of Stripe’s offerings. What you’ll do Responsibilities Own contract renewals and lead negotiations to increase and retain existing customer revenue and Stripe market share Develop and implement full sales cycle strategies for driving product adoption, net new product sales, and client retention at scale among existing Stripe customers Solve complex client needs and work across product, sales, risk, and operations teams to improve our product Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for startups and small/medium businesses Generate your own leads through cold calling, blitzing, research, networking, and driving your territory. Make every potential Stripe user happy with every interaction, regardless of deal size Identify and understand users’ pain points to propose Stripe solutions Make sure that internal teams are set up for users’ success by coordinating with other Stripe teams Who you are We’re looking for a well-rounded strategic seller who

FEQ427R411 Req ID Mission Reporting to a Director, Field Engineering, the Sr. Manager, Field Engineering will help lead a team of Solutions Architects (SAs) for the Startups segment of Databricks’ Field Engineering team. You will lead and promote a diverse team focusing on enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, data science, data warehousing and gener ative AI. Leading the technical sales team, you will partner with Sales (and other Field Engineering technical segments) to increase revenue and help custo mers achieve success through Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform. You wil scale and maintain an outstanding Field Engineering team that is efficient in its operations to help ac celerate Data bricks' growth in the market. The Impact You Will Have You will hire, train, and grow a team of Solutions Architects for a company in high-growth mode Make your customers e xtremely successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businesses You will maintain a robust hiring pipeline of highly qualified, bar-raising candidates You will establish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successful You will keep your team of SAs ah ead of the technical curve by ensuring they maintain advanced knowledge of the Databricks technology stack You will ensure that you r team is continuously learning and working to provide our customers with the most comprehensive solution s for their needs You will engage with customers strategically at the Executive Level to drive mutually beneficial outcomes and set GTM strategy and drive world class execution towards meeting aggressive sales targets What We Look For Proven experience building and leading technical pre-sales teams - hiring, on-boarding, coaching and mentoring those teams to mature and grow into highly capable individual operators as well as exceptional team-players 10+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big da

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Platform Sales team works with B2B Software Platforms to help them facilitate payments for their customers using our Stripe Connect product. Software Platforms, also known as B2B Indirect, are software platform businesses who serve other businesses. Platforms already using Stripe include Shopify, Lightspeed and Mindbody. As a key member to the Stripe Platforms team, you will manage and elevate relationships with a named account list while identifying new growth opportunities and ways Stripe can exceed expectations. What you’ll do As an Account Executive (New Business), you will create partnerships between Stripe and the most innovative and fastest-growing software platforms in the world by helping them to understand how Stripe’s online commerce infrastructure can make payments a competitive advantage for their businesses. Responsibilities Directly manage and nurture a named account list and develop account plans for winning and expanding business with upper middle market and enterprise companies Build and maintain key relationships with C-level executives, while orchestrating touchpoints with Stripe executives Contribute to shaping our platform partnership strategy and building repeatable processes and scaled engagement models Develop and execute outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for Startup, SMB and mid-market platforms Coordinate and support the implementation for so

Who we are: About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team As a SMB Hunter Sales Manager at Stripe, you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth through new customer acquisition. In this role, you will build and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives, helping them to develop their skills and deliver on their ambitious targets, as well as roll your sleeves up to work directly with customers. We are looking for a proactive leader who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, managing high-performing teams and solving complicated problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management and leadership experience scaling a technology sales team and possess first-class analytical, communication and relationship-building skills. You will: Recruit, develop and lead a team of Account Executives who focus on small and medium, high-growth, tech-forward businesses Work with senior leadership to develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team, and manage day-to-day operations with a focus on performance against key sales and growth metrics Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition at high rates of growth Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills Inspire, motivate and enable development of team members to promote career growth and impact for Stripe Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the organization to help shape Stripe’

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Commercial Sales team is responsible for the acquisition, growth, retention, and expansion of mid-market customers. As a Grower Account Executive, you’ll set strategy for your territory, identify opportunities for existing customers to get the most out of Stripe, execute scaled sales strategies to grow revenue and drive end-to-end campaigns to nurture relationships and increase adoption of Stripe products. What you’ll do As an Account Executive, Commercial Grower you will play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth and expanding revenue from Stripe’s existing mid-market customers. In this role, you will also help build out a new team touching more of our install base and GTM motion at Stripe. Responsibilities Generate upsell opportunities to drive revenue growth in your territory Develop and implement sales strategies to grow revenue per user, adopt new products and ensure retention Identify and understand users’ pain points to propose Stripe solutions and own the full sales cycle, from business case development to close Own contract renewals and lead commercial negotiations to increase and retain existing customer revenue and increase Stripe share of wallet Work cross-functionally to solve user pain points and improve Stripe’s product You will be required to work from the Chicago office three (3) days per week Who you are We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you me